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Social Learning Theory

Social learning theory proposes that observation and modeling are primary mechanisms of learning. Albert Bandura's research showed that people can learn new behaviors by watching others, without needing reinforcement or consequences. His famous Bobo doll experiment demonstrated that children's aggression increased after observing an adult acting aggressively towards a Bobo doll. Social learning theory suggests learning occurs in four stages: attention, retention, reproduction, and motivation. It has implications for education, emphasizing the importance of social modeling and reinforcement of good behaviors in the classroom.

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Social Learning Theory

Social learning theory proposes that observation and modeling are primary mechanisms of learning. Albert Bandura's research showed that people can learn new behaviors by watching others, without needing reinforcement or consequences. His famous Bobo doll experiment demonstrated that children's aggression increased after observing an adult acting aggressively towards a Bobo doll. Social learning theory suggests learning occurs in four stages: attention, retention, reproduction, and motivation. It has implications for education, emphasizing the importance of social modeling and reinforcement of good behaviors in the classroom.

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Social

Learning
Theory
https://hr.berkeley.edu/how-social-learning-theory-works
Albert Bandura
How did you learn to say “mama” or “papa” or
“ate” or “kuya”?
Name something that you learned through
imitation.
Before you imitated someone, what did you do
first?
Did you experience copying someone but
failed? Why do you think you failed?

https://www.verywellmind.com/social-learning-theory-2795074#a-few-applications-for-social-learning-theor
Key ideas:

Albert Bandura's social learning theory suggests


that observation and modeling play a primary role in
how and why people learn.
Learning, according to Bandura, can occur simply by
observing others' behavior.
"most human behavior is learned observationally
through modeling: from observing others one forms
an idea of how new behaviors are performed, and on
later occasions, this coded information serves as a
guide for action." https://www.verywellmind.com/social-learning-theory-2795074#a-few-applications-for-social-learning-theor
The Bobo
Doll
Experiment

https://screamingdominos.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/does-bandura-ross-and-rosss-bobo-doll-study-have-sufficient-validity/
https://www.verywellmind.com/social-learning-theory-2795074#a-few-applications-for-social-learning-theor
Behaviorist vs Neo-behaviorist

Behaviorists believed that learning led to a permanent change


in behavior, observational learning demonstrates that people
can learn new information without demonstrating new
behaviors

https://www.verywellmind.com/social-learning-theory-2795074#a-few-applications-for-social-learning-theor
Four Stages of Social Learning Theory

https://www.simplypsychology.org/bandura.html
Educational Implication:

Social learning theory suggests that social modeling


and good behavior are powerful classroom tools.

https://www.wgu.edu/blog/guide-social-learning-theory-education2005.html#close

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